List of notable WADs
These are some of the most notable WADs released in the history of Doom. There are no set criteria for what is considered notable.
| Name | Author(s) | Release date |
Engine | Game | Download | SP | Co-op | DM | Other information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sectors [1] | Various | 2000-11-26 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | Community made collection of maps, some issues in coop mode | |
| 1 Monster | Various | 2007-10-24 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | N | Each level is limited to only one monster type |
| 2 Sectors | Various | 2005-09-03 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | Community made collection of maps | |
| 32in24 (series) [2] | YEDS team | 2007-2008 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Y | Y | Y | ||
| Action Doom [3] | Stephen "Scuba Steve" Browning | 2004-07-03 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Action Doom 2: Urban Brawl [4] | Stephen "Scuba Steve" Browning & others | 2008-09-06 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Aliens TC [5] | Justin Fisher | 1994-11-03 | Vanilla Doom | Doom/Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | First total conversion to be released. | |
| Alien Vendetta [6] | Various | 2002-12-26 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | An advanced engine is not needed, but due to the number of monsters and the limitations of Vanilla Doom, sprites may disappear. | ||
| Batman DOOM [7] | ACE Team Software | 1999 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | A Template:Ig2 is recommended for vanilla Doom users. | |
| The Brotherhood of Ruin [8] | Kristian Aro | 2001-11-30 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Brutal Doom | Marcos Abenante (Sergeant Mark IV) | 2012 | ZDoom | Doom/Doom II | Template:Ig | ||||
| Cacodemon Squad | Sean Gauthier | 2000-12-10 | EDGE | Doom II | Template:Ig | ||||
| Caverns of Darkness [9] | The Chaos Crew | 2002-04-24 | COD Engine (included) | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Risen3D patch here. ZDoom patch at Template:Ig | ||
| Chosen [10] | Lil' White Mouse | 2004-01-09 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| CH Retro Episode [11] | Christian N. Hansen | 2002-05-15 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | F | Episode 1-style maps | |
| The Classic Episode | Various | 2002-08-31 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | Episode 1-style maps | ||
| The Classic Episode part 2 [12] | Jan Van der Veken | 2005-12-26 | ZDoom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | Episode 1-style maps | ||
| Cold as Hell [13] | Jon "JonnyFive" Washburn | 2004-11-20 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | N | A revision ("Special Edition") was finished and released on 2008-11-22. |
| Community Chest [14] | Various | 2003-06-13 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | F | |
| Community Chest 2 [15] | Various | 2004-12-06 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | F | MAP32 requires a port with an increased SEGS limit. |
| Community Chest 3 [16] | Various | 2007-11-21 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | F | |
| Congestion 1024 [17] | Various | 2005-11-25 | Limit-removing source port | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | Maps sized 1024 x 1024 units or less. | |
| Covert Operations | Black Shadow Software | 2000-09-25 | EDGE | Doom II | SourceForge.net | Y | The sequel to Twilight Warrior | ||
| Crusades | Richard Wiles | 1999-09-04 | Vanilla Doom | Ultimate Doom | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Curse of D'Sparil | Kristian Käll (Kristus) | 2010-01-27 | Limit-removing Heretic | Heretic | Template:Ig | Y | Y | N | |
| Cyberdreams | Various | 1998-04-17 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Daedalus | TeamTNT | 2003-12-10 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Dark7 | Bryant Robinson | 2002-05-28 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Dark7 Mission Pack1 | Bryant Robinson | 2002-05-28 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| The Darkening | Various | 1999-01-07 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | ||
| The Darkening Episode 2 | Various | 2000-08-05 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | ||
| The Darkest Hour | ReX Claussen | 2001-08 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | Set in the Star Wars universe. | |
| Dead Base | Alberto Barsella | 1994-04-25 | Vanilla Doom | Ultimate Doom | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Death Tormention 3 | Kristian Aro & Paul Corfiatis | 2005-12-13 | ZDoom | Ultimate Doom | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Decade | Russell Pearson | 2004-06-03 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Deus Vult | Huy "Doom Marine" Pham | 2004-05-28 | Limit-removing source port | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Can be played in Vanilla Doom but sprites may disappear. | ||
| Deus Vult II | Huy "Doom Marine" Pham | 2008-02-25 | PrBoom+ or ZDoom | Doom II | [18] | Y | Y | F | |
| Doom 64: Absolution | Samuel "Kaiser" Villarreal | 2003 | Doomsday(custom version, included) | Doom II | Doom Depot | Y | N | ||
| Doom Arcade | Ethan "Gooberman" Watson | 2001-12-10 | ZDoom | Doom II | Doomworld | Y | N | Bonus stage at Template:Ig | |
| Doom Raider | Russell Pearson | 2003-06-25 | ZDoom | Doom II | www.duellist.net | Y | N | Lite version available at Template:Ig | |
| Doomsday of UAC | Leo Martin Lim | 1994-06-23 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | ||
| Dwango5 | Various | 1995-07-19 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | doom2.net | Y | |||
| Dystopia 3 | Anthony Czerwonka & Iikka Keränen | 1996-05-25 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | ||
| EarthBound Doom | Baron of Sigma | 2003-05-21 | EDGE | Doom II | main download file | Y | N | ||
| Equinox | B.P.R.D | 2001-09-30 | Limit-removing source port | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Eternal Doom | TeamTNT | 1997-11-14 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Fava Beans | Sean Birkel | 1995-08-29 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | F | Episode 1-style maps | |
| FragFest Initialized | Parallel Team | 1999-05-21 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | F | Y | ||
| Fragport | Stephen "The Ultimate DooMer" Clark | 2002-11-01 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Freedoom | Various | In-Development | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Freedoom web page | Y | N | A free IWAD built by the community | |
| Ghostbusters Doom | Stephen "Scuba Steve" Browning | 2002-11-05 | Various | Doom II | Doomworld | Y | N | Almost complete | |
| The Ghoul's Forest (series) | Cutmanmike | 2005-2007 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig2 Template:Ig2 Template:Ig2 Template:Ig2 |
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| GoldenEye Doom2 | Derek Nickster and others | In-Development | Various | Doom II | Mod DB | Y | F | See Ge64DM.wad for deathmatch maps | |
| GothicDM | Various | 1997-07-12 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | F | Y | Gothic style deathmatch levels | |
| GothicDM 2 | Various | 1998-05-02 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | F | Y | ||
| Hacx | Banjo Software | 1997 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig2 | Y | Y | Y | |
| Harris levels | Eric Harris | ||||||||
| Hellcore | Various | 2004-09-27 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | F | |
| Hellcore 2.0 | Robert Babor & Devon West | 2006-10-29 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | F | |
| Hell Revealed | Various | 1997-05-03 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Megawad of ultra hard levels | ||
| Hell Revealed II | Various | 2003-12-31 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | The sequel of Hell Revealed | ||
| Heretic Treasure Chest | Various | 2010-03-16 | Limit removing Heretic | Heretic | Template:Ig | Y | F | F | The Heretic equivalent to the Community Chest series |
| Icarus | TeamTNT | 1996-03-21 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | Adventure in Space. | |
| Jägermörder 01 | Derek "Afterglow" MacDonald | 1999-06-18 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Jägermörder 02 | Derek "Afterglow" MacDonald | 2005-07-18 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Kama Sutra | Adolf "Gusta" Vojta & Jakub "method man" Razak | 2005-03-25 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Kansam's Trial | Kansam | 1997-11-03 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Y | Y | Semi-joke wad in E2 | ||
| Knee-Deep in ZDoom | Various | 2007-07-01 | ZDoom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | Y | N | A remake of Episode 1 |
| Marine Doom | 1996-03-21 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | F | Y | F | ||
| MarsDoom | Berthold Beckschaefer & Thomas Lokum | 2000 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Mars War | Nathan Lineback | 1998 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| MassMouth | Mike "Cyb" Watson | 2000-02-23 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | Old version Template:Ig2 | |
| MassMouth 2 | Mike "Cyb" Watson | 2001-08-07 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Massmouthmas | Mike "Cyb" Watson | 2004-12-25 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Memento Mori | Various | 1996-02-22 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Memento Mori II | Various | 1996-07-28 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Mordeth | Gaston "Mordeth" Lahaut | 1997 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | ||
| Neith | Owen "Sarge Baldy" Lloyd | 2004-01-03 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | F | F | |
| Newdoom Community Project | Various | 2006-01-01 | Limit-removing source port | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| NewDoom Community Project II | Various | 2009-04-29 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | Y | |
| Ni'mRoD: IotH | Unholy Software | 2002-07-24 | Doom Legacy | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | F | |
| Ni'mRoD: PD | Team Future | 2005-12-09 | Skulltag | Doom II | Template:Ig | F | Y | ||
| Null Space | Russell Pearson | 2001-12-06 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Obituary | The Innocent Crew | 1995-05-14 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Origwad | Jeffrey Bird | 1994-03-07 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | N | Earliest known user-created level to be released. | |
| The Parallel Dimension | Parallel Team | 1999-03-24 | Boom-compatible | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Phobia: The Age | Kristian "Kristus" Käll | 2006-03-19 | Doom Legacy | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Phobos: Anomaly Reborn | Christopher Lutz | 2003-01-02 | MBF-compatible | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Phobos Revisited | ReX Claussen | 2004-09-09 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | Y | F | Episode 1-style maps |
| Plutonia 2 | Various | 2008-12-31 | Vanilla Doom | Plutonia | Template:Ig | Y | Y | Y | Homage and unofficial sequel to Plutonia |
| QDOOM | Marc "Fanatic" Pullen | 2001-08-16 | EDGE | Doom II | Template:Ag | Y | Uses Quake textures and monsters; Template:Ag2 and Template:Ag2 available. | ||
| The Rebirth | Björn Ostmann aka Vader | 2003 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | F | |
| Requiem | Various | 1997-07-05 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Revolution! | Thomas van der Velden | 2003-01-18 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| RTC-3057 | Team Future | 2004-07-28 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Scythe | Erik Alm & Kim "Torn" Bach | 2003-10-04 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Scythe 2 | Erik Alm | 2005-06-07 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Securitron | Zero Signal | 1999-04-19 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Securitron episode 2 | Zero Signal | 1999-06-27 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Simply Phobos | Kristian Aro & Paul Corfiatis | 2004-09-28 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | F | Episode 1-style maps | |
| Sin City | Ed Cripps | 2001-07-19 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| SlayeR | Richard Wiles | 2001-10-04 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | ||
| Speed of Doom | Josh Sealy (Joshy) & Darkwave0000 | 2010-03-28 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | N | |
| S.T.R.A.I.N. | The Alpha Dog Alliance | 1997-09-14 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Super Sonic DooM | Stephen "The Ultimate DooMer" Clark | 2004-12-30 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Tei Tenga | Sam Ketner | 2000-12-04 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Torment and Torture (series) | Daniel "Tormentor667" Gimmer | 2001-2007 | ZDoom (GZDoom for UTNT) | Doom II | Y | ||||
| Twilight Warrior | Black Shadow Software | 1998-11-15 | Legacy | Doom II | Template:Ag | Y | |||
| UAC Ultra | Super Jamie & Jon "40oz" Vail | 2010-03-29 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | N | |
| Unidoom DM (series) | Clan Unidoom | 2002-2005 | Limit-removing source port | Doom II | Y | ||||
| Vengeance | Paul Fleschute and others | 1999-03-11 | Vanilla Doom | Doom | Template:Ig | Y | N | N | |
| Vile Flesh | Gwyn Williams | 2004-05-24 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| Void | Mike "Cyb" Watson | 2003-10-23 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Vrack | Fredrik Johansson | 2000-11-12 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Vrack 2 | Fredrik Johansson | 2001-03-24 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | Old version Template:Ig2. | |
| Vrack 3 | Fredrik Johansson | 2003-11-27 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | ||
| Whispers of Satan | Kristian Aro & Paul Corfiatis | 2009-09-15 | Boom-compatible | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | F | |
| Wolfen | Lil' White Mouse | 2004-02-07 | ZDoom | Hexen | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| WolfenDOOM (series) | Laz Rojas | 1996-2005 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Y | Recreates Wolfenstein 3D using the Doom engine. | |||
| ZanZan | Edmundo Bordeu | 2000 | ZDoomGL | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| ZDoom Community Map Project Take 1 | Various | 2004-08-29 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | |||
| Zen Dynamics | Xaser | 2005-06-25 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | N | N | |
| Zombies TC | T.C.H.G. | 1997-06-17 | Vanilla Doom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | F | ||
| ZPack - Random Maps for ZDoom | Various | 2008-07-09 | ZDoom | Doom II | Template:Ig | Y | Y | N | |
| ZooW: Alien Dimension | Jimi | 2004 | Doomsday (Designed for 1.8.6) | Doom II | Y |
Key
| Y | Designed for | WAD is explicitly designed to be played in this mode. |
| F | Functional | Can be played in this mode, although it may not be designed for it. |
| N | Nonfunctional | Cannot be played in this mode. |